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There was a tweet last week from UN Women: Of all journalists killed in 2021, 11% were women. In 2020, this was 6%. Source: @unesco. On the International Day
by delichon 5mo ago
There was a tweet last week from UN Women:
Of all journalists killed in 2021, 11% were women. In 2020, this was 6%. Source: @unesco. On the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes against journalists, let us say out loud: STOP TARGETING WOMEN JOURNALISTS."
It was removed after being widely mocked. But I think it expresses a common view that if 11% of victims are women, that's a horrible inequity ... against women.
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- readthenotes1 5mo agoI'm reminded of a promotional interview on NPR wherein the woman running a women's aid charity in a Central American country decried the machismo culture because the murder rate has increased for women in the country. When I stopped driving, I looked up the comparative change for men, and it was nearly twice the growth for women. She should have been praising the machismo culture protecting women against the increased violence at a disproportionate rate, but that wouldn't sound good...
- soco 5mo agoHow many of the journalists are women? Are those women journalists also going to war zones? The numbers above are pointless without context.